One of the most common issues people have with Batman Arkham Knight are redistributable related; such as MSVCP100.dll, MSVCR100.dll and any D3D errors are usually caused by missing and/or corrupt redistributables.

Batman Arkham Knights' config files and graphics XML file can become corrupt over-time, if a new patch comes out or a tool/tweak was used before. Deleting the config/XML file will cause the game to make fresh new files which can improve performance and eliminate crashes and other issues.

Delete the "GFXSettings.BatmanArkhamKnight.xml" file, located in

C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\WB Games\Batman Arkham Knight

Then delete the games' Binaries and Config folder, if you right click the game in your Library and select 'Properties', from here go to the 'Local Files' tab and select 'Browse Local Files'. From here delete the 'Binaries' folder, open up the 'BMGame' folder and delete the 'Config' folder.

Now while you still have the Batman Arkham Knight Properties windows open select 'Verify Integrity of Game Cache' -- this will vary depending on your PC speed.

Which brings me to the next part...

Verify the Integrity of the Game Cache

Another common issue people experience with Batman Arkham Knight are missing/corrupt files, to repair them verify the game cache

So after a few months of absence I've returned to this game, however even though I have a much more powerful system I was encountering some pretty severe fps drops/freezes, granted they were occassional and only lasted for a few seconds, it still annoyed me; plus they didn't happen to this extent on my last system.

In the months passed there must've been a Windows Update or driver update that interferes how the in-game fps cap works, it seems to impair GPU usage and because of this causes the random drops/stutters.

I've spent some time testing and believe I have a solution, well, three....

Fix one

Disable in-game fps cap in the BmSystemSettings.ini file

- This will allow the game to run with the lowest latency possible, and eliminates most stuttering, however NPCs may fail to appear on-screen and animations may fail to execute. I'm also unsure as to how the overall stability will be, in the previous games disabling the fps cap/maxsmoothedframerate could lead to random game crashes -- mostly in challenge maps.

Anyway, navigate to your "BmSystemSettings.ini" which will be located in

If you're experiencing hitching in Batman Arkham Knight on Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 I suggest adding an exclusion in Windows Defender for the Batman Arkham Knight folder. This will prevent untimely scans of the game directory by Windows Defender during game play which will reduce hitching. This will have the biggest impact after installing the Season of Infamy DLC, but in some cases may also improve overall performance, especially on the first launch after the game data has been updated.

For information on adding exclusions to Windows Defender, please see the links below. The game folder can typically be found at

If you’re playing on a gaming laptop, but the screen is still flickering when running in Fullscreen Mode, try switching to Borderless Mode from within the game. If you cannot do this from within the game you can edit the GSA file manually.

1. Navigate to and open your local GSA file. It can typically be found here:

If you have an AMD GPU and you've tried other suggestions in this list such as updating drivers, verifying the game cache but you still find Batman: Arkham Knight is crashing you may want to try enabling Virtual Super Resolution (VSR).

If you are using any tools or tweaks that adjust the graphics/config settings of the game try disabling/reverting these changes. Also try disabling any game-overlay programs, such as FPS counters or recording software, to see whether these may be causing any issues with the game.

If you have made edits to config files for Batman Arkham Knight in the past to improve performance, through the use of 3rd party tools or guides, reset your graphics settings using the steps stated in this guide to revert them back to defaults - see "Getting worser performance than before/resetting graphical/config settings"

Managing VRAM

Batman Arkham Knight has to load in a lot of textures quite quickly; this can be quite VRAM intensive so you don't want to be overcommiting on VRAM.

Batman Arkham Knight has a built in VRAM monitor which tells you how much VRAM the game will require; it's recommended to keep this below the amount of VRAM you actually have, if the game requires xGB of VRAM, using a card with less than recommended or overcommitting can seriously affect performance. Keep the amount of VRAM required below what your GPU has.

and select 'System Protection', from here select the 'Advanced' tab and click 'Settings' under Performance.

Go over to the 'Advanced' tab again and under 'Virtual Memory' click 'Change' and from here select 'Automatically manage paging file size for all drives' and hit OK/Apply and restart your system for the changes to take affect.

Reducing Stutter/Hitching

If possible, I recommend disabling any form of V-Sync for Batman: Arkham Knight, both in-game and through GPU control panels/3rd party software, as these can severely increase the amount of stutter/hitching.

Adaptive V-sync shouldn't cause any problems.

It's also recommended to close down any background programs that could be consuming resources if you are limited on available RAM, such any browsers or media players.

If you've followed this guide and still have issues, please create your own thread with a detailed description of the issue.

or

If you have tried the steps above and the game is still not running well for you, please contact Customer Support using the following link[support.wbgames.com]

If you are still unsatisfied remember if you purchased the game on Steam you are entitled to a refund if you have under 2 hours playtime and purchased the game within 14 days.

I appreciate your time in putting this page together but after trying all those suggestions above I still get stutter/hitching at 60 gliding and driving.Gliding is the worse. I've played the ps4 version and Im told it runs at 30 but my word it runs smooth. 30 on my pc isnt very playable. The stutters are gone but it's laggy and slow . I've tried every fix in vain and Im very sad cause I can run every other game fine ( with adjstments to settings) and I love Batman . i5 3330 Gtx970 16gb Ram win 7. 1080p Normal,Low,Normal on,on,off,off,Trilinear and gameworks off

I appreciate your time in putting this page together but after trying all those suggestions above I still get stutter/hitching at 60 gliding and driving.Gliding is the worse. I've played the ps4 version and Im told it runs at 30 but my word it runs smooth. 30 on my pc isnt very playable. The stutters are gone but it's laggy and slow . I've tried every fix in vain and Im very sad cause I can run every other game fine ( with adjstments to settings) and I love Batman . i5 3330 Gtx970 16gb Ram win 7. 1080p Normal,Low,Normal on,on,off,off,Trilinear and gameworks off

Have you tried forcing triple buffering? Use the Nvidia Control Panel to force v-sync and triple buffering on the game. That is likely to fix the FPS dips related to gliding and the Batmobile.

I appreciate your time in putting this page together but after trying all those suggestions above I still get stutter/hitching at 60 gliding and driving.Gliding is the worse. I've played the ps4 version and Im told it runs at 30 but my word it runs smooth. 30 on my pc isnt very playable. The stutters are gone but it's laggy and slow . I've tried every fix in vain and Im very sad cause I can run every other game fine ( with adjstments to settings) and I love Batman . i5 3330 Gtx970 16gb Ram win 7. 1080p Normal,Low,Normal on,on,off,off,Trilinear and gameworks off

Have you tried forcing triple buffering? Use the Nvidia Control Panel to force v-sync and triple buffering on the game. That is likely to fix the FPS dips related to gliding and the Batmobile.

I appreciate your time in putting this page together but after trying all those suggestions above I still get stutter/hitching at 60 gliding and driving.Gliding is the worse. I've played the ps4 version and Im told it runs at 30 but my word it runs smooth. 30 on my pc isnt very playable. The stutters are gone but it's laggy and slow . I've tried every fix in vain and Im very sad cause I can run every other game fine ( with adjstments to settings) and I love Batman . i5 3330 Gtx970 16gb Ram win 7. 1080p Normal,Low,Normal on,on,off,off,Trilinear and gameworks off

Have you tried moving the game to a faster drive/doing a defrag (if on a HDD) as it can help a lot with texture streaming performance.

Also check to make sure your PC isn't in any type of power saving mode; I left it in that once and you'd be surprised at how much more it stutters.

I appreciate your time in putting this page together but after trying all those suggestions above I still get stutter/hitching at 60 gliding and driving.Gliding is the worse. I've played the ps4 version and Im told it runs at 30 but my word it runs smooth. 30 on my pc isnt very playable. The stutters are gone but it's laggy and slow . I've tried every fix in vain and Im very sad cause I can run every other game fine ( with adjstments to settings) and I love Batman . i5 3330 Gtx970 16gb Ram win 7. 1080p Normal,Low,Normal on,on,off,off,Trilinear and gameworks off

Have you tried moving the game to a faster drive/doing a defrag (if on a HDD) as it can help a lot with texture streaming performance.

Also check to make sure your PC isn't in any type of power saving mode; I left it in that once and you'd be surprised at how much more it stutters.

Ya I moved it from my 7200 hard drive to my ssd and the only difference was there was less texture pop ins but problem was still there. My pc is set at always on so no power saving options turned on.

TopperHarley,i put my profile just for friends only but noth that i;m a hacker or somekind.I've lost an account 7 years ago and that made me take some decisions about my profile.i've taken a picture of the error to show it on the WB forums and posted it here to,in hope that enyone can help me.the error message is

The thing I've noticed about this game is the high cpu usage when capped to 60 ingame. I have an i5 3330 3.00Ghz which is above min and it runs at around 70-90 % and when game hitches then it hits close to 100%. When I run game on 30 cap my cpu never goes above 70 and there are no hitches. When I change my resolution to the lowest settings the cpu still hits close to 100% (60 Cap) during hitching!! What gives?? Am I doomed not to play this game at 60 with my cpu??? Time to move on me thinks...